UNIT 15 WOMEN IN SOCIETY Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question In developing countries, where three fourths of the world’s population live, sixty percent of the people who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate doesn’t mean they are not intelligent. It does mean it is difficult for them to change their lives. They produce more than haft of the food. In Africa eighty percent of all agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to help poor countries develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs provided money and training for men. In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4:45 a.m, she gets up, washes and eats. It takes her a haft hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3:00p.m. She collects firewood and gets home at 4:00. She spends the next hour and a haft preparing food to cook. Then she collects water for another hour. From 6:30 to 8:30 she cook. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes and her children. She goes to bed at 9:30 p.m. International organizations and programs run by developed nations are starting to help women, as well as men, improve their agricultural production. Governments have already passed some laws affecting women because of the UNO Decade for Women. The UNO report will affect the changes now happening in the family and society. 1. By whom was the Decade for Women organized? A. by developing countries. B. by the United Nations Organization. C. by the World Health Organization. D. by many African countries. 2. Why do people say women produce more than haft of the food? A. because 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women. B. because 60 percent of women are illiterate. C. most women are not intelligent. D. all are correct. 3. Why do people say that African women’s lives are hard? A. because these women are busy with housework.B. because they work all day in the fields. C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct. 4. What do these women do after dinner? A. they always go for a walk. B. they collect water. C. they collect firewood. D. they always wash dishes and their children. 5. It is difficult for them to change their lives. Why? A. because they are illiterate. B. because they enjoy working. C. because they earn money D. they aren’t intelligent Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest 6. A. believed B. considered C. advocated D. controlled 7. A. throughout B. although C. right D. enough Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern 8. A. deny B. legal C. women D. limit 9. A. human B. mother C. struggle D. belief Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences 10. At any competition, everyone is ________. A. the same B. equal C. common D. significant 11. If you have the ________ in an election, you have the legal right to indicate your choice. A. status B. individual C. vote D. equality 12. Thanks to labor-saving devices, women have more time to take part in _______ activities. A. society B. social C. socially D. socialize 13. Women in many countries joined together to seek … and recognition. A. positions B. independence C. dependence D. fame 14. Women hate to be ……….in their houses all day. A. held B. compelled C. stayed D. confined 15. We’ve nearly run …….money.We’ve got very little left. A. out of B. off C. away of D. out with 16. Women are increasingly involved ________ the public life. A. of B. with C. in D. from 17. -What does "W.W.W" ________ for? Is it short for “world wide web?” A. sit B. stand C. lie D. point 18. My father ____________ a pack of cigarettes a day, but now he has given it up. A. used to smoking B. used to smoke C. is used to smoke D. is used to smoking 19. Jamie prefers working at home _________ working in an office. A. more B. that C. than D. to 20. He didn’t even have the intelligence to call …… an ambulance. A. at B. on C. for D. about 21. I would like to apply ______ the position of sales clerk that you advertised in the Sunday newspaper. A. for B. to C. with D. in 22. Please wake me up at 5.00 A.M tomorrow. I need to leave ………… work early. A. from B. to C. for D. at 23. A:” I didn’t get the job!” B: ' ________________' A. Good heavens! B. That's brilliant! C. Same to you! D. Never mind, better luck next time! 24. “You look nice today. I like your new hairstyle”. – “ ………………” A. It’s nice of you to say so B. Shall I?. Thanks C. Oh, well done! D. I feel interesting to hear that Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 25. The sign on the highway warned drivers……………………………. A. for high winds at the bridge B. of high winds in the brige C. about high winds on the bridge D. with high winds over the bridge 26. Do you know much …………………… ? A.about housing prices in this area B. of housing prices at this area C. on housing prices in this area D. with housing prices at this area 27. Paul is so smart.He graduated………………………… A. at the university for just three years B. from the university in just three years C. in the university about just three years D. of the university with just three years Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 28. I wish you were here yesterday. A B C D 29. The mountain climbers were warned for the avalanche danger. A B C D 30. We helped at the appliance store by a friendly and knowledgeable salesperson A B C D . UNIT 15 WOMEN IN SOCIETY Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question In developing countries, where three fourths of the world’s. ________ in an election, you have the legal right to indicate your choice. A. status B. individual C. vote D. equality 12. Thanks to labor-saving devices, women have more time to take part in _______. report will affect the changes now happening in the family and society. 1. By whom was the Decade for Women organized? A. by developing countries. B. by the United Nations Organization. C. by the